Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1914 — NOTES of the DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

NOTES of the DIAMOND

Ty Cobb Is gradually working his way to the top among the American League sluggers. * • • Larry Doyle, captain of the champions, thinks very well of the Cardinals* pitching staff. « * « Manager McGraw has become enthusiastic over Milton Stock and declares, him the equal of Devlin when Devlin was at his best. • * * Martin O’Toole, Pittsburgh's s22£ 500 beauty pitcher purchased from St. Paul, declares he has no fear of dying in a minor league berth. • • * Russell Ford, Buffalo's marvelous pitching machine, has gone on record as favoring Johnny Farrell in the argument as to leading second sackers. -«•••' -T' •• • * Joe Riggert, Brooklyn outfielder, who was snapped up by the Cards when the Dodgers asked for waivers, is a Kansas City barber in the off months. • • • Sherwood Magee has been doing well at short field for .the Phillies, but Manager Dooin would prefer a man who is fleeter of foot than the Phillies* slugger. ♦ * • Ban Johnson will have to hire a few more lawyers in order to get injunctions enough to prevent the Feds landing some of his players before the end of this season. Now that Cactus Cravath of the Phillies has formed the habit of stealing home, about the only thing left in baseball for him to master is to learn how to hit a pop fly. ,•• • , The attendance at the Polo grounds this year has not fallen off, so* there does not seem to be any truth in re* ports that this is a bad year for the pastime so far as New York is cox> cerned. • 4 • Moose McCormick, former Giant, and now manager of the Chattanooga club, was rendered unconscious by being hit by a pitched ball just below the left temple in a game against Atlanta,